Category Archives: ReCerf Ceramic Hip Resurfacing Device

ReCerf new ceramic on ceramic hip resurfacing device. An alternative to the metal on metal hip resurfacing devices. Eliminates metal ion problem and sizes available for women and small men.

Brian’s ReCerf Ceramic on Ceramic Hip Resurfacing with Dr De Smet 2019 2 Year Update

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AUGUST 2 2021 – BRIAN’s YEAR 2 POST OPERATIVE UPDATE  C on C Re Cerf with Dr Koen De Smet -June 2019 Johannesburg

OVERVIEW

I attended Dr Koen De Smet in Johannesburg 2 years ago and had a Mat Ortho  Re Cerf Ceramic /Ceramic left hip resurface procedure -it was a unknown entity -but my own research and consultation with the very accommodating Koen (backed by Mat Ortho communications ref Re Cerf) -gave me the … Read the rest

Is Ceramic on Ceramic Hip Resurfacing the New Gold Standard? by Dr. Gross 2021

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Thomas Gross MD   7/10/2021

Dr. Gross discusses the new ceramic on ceramic hip resurfacing devices and compares them to metal on metal hip resurfacing devises. His summary conclusion:

“I am also involved in CoC HRA development. If these become available in the US I will be involved in early trials. Avoiding the whole tiresome discussion of allergy/toxicity/metallosis would be nice. But if I needed surgery, I would personally choose the proven uncemented MoM HRA which … Read the rest

Ceramic on Ceramic Hip Resurfacing Surgeons

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A small number of surgeons are using Ceramic on Ceramic Hip Resurfacing Devices. Most are using the ReCerf ceramic on ceramic device and Professor Cobb is using the H1.

This is a listing the the surgeons I know are currently using ceramic on ceramic devices

ReCerf Ceramic on Ceramic Hip Resurfacing Surgeons

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Dr. Koen De Smet
5600 MOM Hip Resurfacings to date ***
70 COC Hip Resurfacings to date***
AMC
Anca Medical

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Professor Walter Interview

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Professor Bill Walter hip resurfacing surgeon from Australia

Prof. William (Bill) L. Walter
***1000 Hip Resurfacings to date
MBBS (Syd), FRACS (Orth), FAOrthA, PhD (surgery)

Kolling Building, 10 Westbourne Street

Royal North Shore Hospital,

St Leonards NSW 2065

Phone: +61 0(2) 9160 6662 (Aust)

Email: lmcdonald@billwalter.com.au

Website: http://billwalter.com.au/

Biography: Prof Bill Walter

Bill Walter, Orthopaedic Surgeon, is the Professor of Orthopaedics and Traumatic Surgery at the University of Sydney.  He supervises PhD students, Masters students and medical students.  In 2012 Professor Walter was

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Dr. De Smet July 2019 ReCerf Hip Resurfacing Patients

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More information about Dr. De Smet and metal on metal hip resurfacing and ceramic on ceramic ReCerf hip resurfacing available here: 

Dr. De Smet explains what ceramic on ceramic ReCerf hip resurfacing is in a video here and it’s advantages compared to metal on metal hip resurfacing devices:

https://surfacehippy.info/dr-de-smet-offers-new-recerf-ceramic-on-ceramic-hip-resurfacing-in-south-africa/

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Brian’s ReCerf Ceramic on Ceramic Hip Resurfacing with Dr De Smet 2019

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AUGUST 2 2021 – BRIAN’s YEAR 2 POST OPERATIVE UPDATE  C on C Re Cerf with Dr Koen De Smet -June 2019 Johannesburg

OVERVIEW

I attended Dr Koen De Smet in Johannesburg 2 years ago and had a Mat Ortho  Re Cerf Ceramic /Ceramic left hip resurface procedure -it was a unknown entity -but my own research and consultation with the very accommodating Koen (backed by Mat Ortho communications ref Re Cerf) -gave me the … Read the rest

First ReCerf Ceramic on Ceramic Hip Resurfacing Patient of Dr.De Smet in Johannesburg Rosaecres hospital South-Africa

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First ceramic on ceramic resurfacing of Dr.De Smet in Johannesburg Rosaecres hospital South-Africa

This lady walked with 2 crutches for long time before her surgery. After two weeks with all kind of disasters not related with surgery but delaying the rehabilitation, her older grandsons (seven and ten) stopped believing that she could ever abandon the crutches. To cheer them up and make them laugh, she decided to take a “funny walk” along the hallway of … Read the rest

Dr. De Smet Places First ReCerf Hip Resurfacing Device on March 3, 2019

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Dr. De Smet places his first ReCerf hip resurfacing device on March 3, 2019 in Johannasburg South Africa. ReCerf is a new type of ceramic on ceramic hip resurfacing device. The traditional standard hip resurfacing device is metal on metal like the BHR , Birmingham Hip Resurfacing Device, the Wright C+ and Biomet. New types of devices are being developed which will be used with all good candidates, even women and small men.

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